Platythyrea nicobarensis

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Platythyrea nicobarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Platythyreini
Genus: Platythyrea
Species: P. nicobarensis
Binomial name
Platythyrea nicobarensis
Forel, 1905
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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.7425° to 3.7425°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • nicobarensis. Platythyrea nicobarensis Forel, 1905b: 165 (w.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is, Nancovri, Galathea Expd.
    • Type-depository: ZMUC.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 29; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 48; Brown, 1975: 8, 49; Bolton, 1995b: 336; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 53.
    • Distribution: India (Nicobar Is).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1): 1-115.
  • Dubey A.K. 2006. Notes on the Indian species of the genus Platythyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with an identification key. Entomon 31: 45-48.
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
  • Kishimoto-Yamata K., F. Hyodo, M. Matsuoka, Y. Hashimoto, M. Kon, T. Ochi, S. Yamane, R. Ishii, and T. Itioka. 2012. Effects of remnant primary forests on ant and dung beetle species diversity in a secondary forest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Insect Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10841-012-9544-6